That's what I keep wandering about the paddle hitting the pontoon, but you eliminated that problem, I love it.

now this is what i call craftmanship

It may be "simple and cheap", but it required lots of creativity and actual work. Excellent job.

The best outriggers I have ever seen on any kayak. Outstanding and very well taught through. Trying to duplicate for my Galaxy. Well done sir, very well done indeed.

Best looking home brew outriggers I have seen yet. Im a bit on the bigger side and and have only been out on my new kayak once and even though it went fine. I have not been on it due to not feeling stable in it, and been looking over ideas for outriggers to help that out and love what you did there. And it doesn't look expensive.

best home made outriggers I have seen, that would totally pass for a commercial product , brilliant job! I shall try to build it for my kayak. thank you for sharing!

@rick928

6 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for your feed back!

Wonderful design and engineering. The best stabilizer I've seen whether home or factory made. Now I'll see if I have the patience and skill to do my own. Thanks very much for sharing this.

this is the cleanest diy outriggers i have seen great job

Very well engineered and every detail is well thought out. Excellent work!

By far the best setup I have seen yet Thanks for sharing with us.!!!

Those are among the nicest, Home Built Outriggers that I've seen yet.... very nice!

You should be marketing this as a kit ,wonderful job,best I've seen by a mile !.

@jaredschutz8486

3 жыл бұрын

I agree! I just got a kayak for free from my neighbor and I would buy one of these in a heartbeat.

@mattmarzula

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaredschutz8486 build it. PVC is cheap.

@jaredschutz8486

3 жыл бұрын

Matt Marzula Yesir! Thanks for the encouragement. I ended up buying a canoe for cheap, put a trolling motor on it and just won an eBay bid on old wooden water skis that I’m retrofitting with some pvc pipes/bamboo to attach to the canoe.

They look absolutely brilliant, mate! Thumbs up for sharing. Thanks!

Very slick - a lot of the DIY solutions are chintzy; this is exactly what I'm looking for. I've been looking for some opportunities to do some wood turning as well! Finally, an excuse to buy a 4 jaw chuck. Thanks for taking the time to show this off.

Nice set up! Thanks for putting out the video and sharing the info. Getting older and less agile, im starting to look into outriggers now.

Great video and good job on the additional stabilizing gear! Absolutely genius and very well made! Thanks!

Exactly what I have been looking for as I am going kayaking with two dogs! Perfect 👌

Wow, gotta be one of the best explanations videos Ive ever seen. its what you pray 99%will turn out like but this one delivers! Thanks much.

Very sleek. Nice look and the swept back design allows for paddling. Thanks for sharing!

Wow. I agree with everyone. This is the best diy outrigger system I have found yet. I’m a life long builder and you’ve made me not accept pvc and crab floats. Thanks.

Looks professionally made. Great job

Terrific job on the outriggers. Thank you for sharing.

Very nice! I will be adding this to my kayak this year! Thanks for sharing!

I don't kayak, but happened to see this video. Excellent! Thanks for sharing!

That is the sweetest rig man very well done.

@rick928

6 жыл бұрын

Adam Crane many thanks

I have been looking for ideas to put stabilizers on my Hobie Outback. By far this is the best design I have seen. Thank for sharing.

@rick928

6 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for that. Please send a video when you do it on your kayak

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT, MATE! They look awesome.

@rick928

4 жыл бұрын

Many thanks. They have made such a difference!

Best idea yet. I have a setup with just a single arm and I had the same problem when it came to bending under power. Loved your idea and the setup looks awesome. Will now incorporate that onto my own hobie kayak. Brilliant. Thank you.

@rick928

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that, love to see your finished set up!

This raises the bar, well done sir!

Brilliant workmanship. Thankyou for sharing .

Man you killed it with these.

Best DIY example out there! Great job!!

Nice design. There’s lots of work and thought went into making it. Thanks for sharing it with us. Hello from across the pond, upstate New York.

@rick928

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Johnn

Wow how very clever. just got my 1st fishing kayak. Will be doing this. Thank you!

One of the best I’ve seen yet

Very well done job on those out riggers. I plan to get a Jonny bass 100 and throw an outboard on the back. As I plan to go open water on it I was looking to buy a kit to make it more like a mini trimaran however I think I am sold on your workmanship. And will likely end up building it myself. Thanks

Just got off the water from testing the single arm floats I for my 14'6" Old Town canoe. My advise on those and others with a single rod is don't bother. This design by Rikkie Carette is the best I've seen and will be starting on mine tomorrow. Thank you sir, well done.

@rick928

6 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for that!

@paulvalley2125

5 жыл бұрын

I too wish to add Outriggers to my canoe. Mime is an old 16 foot aluminum canoe. I would love to to see your design that you've modified to work with your canoe if you finished it. Could you please right back with a list of items that you used and possibly some pictures of your completed design? Thanks in advance, Paul

@MovingToMnPro

2 жыл бұрын

How'd they come out Brian?

Absolutely the best DIY riggers I’ve seen...! Thanks dude I’ve been looking for this exact video! I have been thinking close to the same thing , Wood tips and all... really didn’t know if it would work or not! Don’t have the money for trial runs. 👍🏽👍🏾👍🏼🧐🇺🇸🎣

hello rikkie, so nice of you, simpler form of kayak outrigger. good wishes..i shall build one.

Thats the best ive seen so far mate well done mate

Solid design and construction!

Some very good ideas here. Nicely done!

Brilliant ! Thanks for sharing Rikkie !

Thanks for sharing the video. Great craftsmanship mate. I will try something similar on my kayak. All the best from West OZ

Great Modification and video!

brilliant design sir! I think I would make a set my self and include hinges at the detach joints to fold up the platoons for narrow passages and then fold back down and lock them in place with the pin. Thanks for taking the time to explain your design 👍 🚣‍♀️

@stongoi

4 жыл бұрын

Did you end up making one with hinges? If so, please share!

@noeaguinaga4018

2 жыл бұрын

You could put a pole in the center with a pulley aso you can pull the pontoonsup and down

Great job! Looks to be one strong outrigger!

We are running Bonafide ss127 kyacks. They are tunnel hulls real stable thinking about outriggers. We fly fish the rivers and lakes out in the western US. You have done fantastic job on your outrigger s. Well done you should sell these as kits I'd buy them for our boats. Mike

The best I’ve seen! 👍👍 Thank you for the instructional video. Best wishes to you from Texas. ✌️👌🎣

Nice job, strong, functional a good looking

Nicely done. Thanks for sharing.

I like this design cleanest I've seen..

How come the British are so innovative. Great job and thanks for sharing your expertise and design!!

Very nice work sir!!!

Best outriggers I have ever seen congrats. Have just subbed have a good day and stay safe Jimmy from Massachusetts

@rick928

6 жыл бұрын

Many thanks James

Outstanding job!

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!! Very well engineered. Like other commenters have written , you should market this or at least market the instructions.

Check out the big brain on Rikkie .......... bloody well done mate !

Absolutely beautiful job my man. When I started the video I though that the wrong video was playing because the riggers looked professionally made.....and they are!. Excellent craftsmanship! Thanks so much for sharing.

@rick928

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, much appreciated!

@courtneyb6154

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Rikkie! Would you mind sharing how you applied the Sikaflex? I am looking at it on Amazon and see that it comes in a calking cartridge. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks!

@rick928

6 жыл бұрын

I used the calking cartridge you mentioned but you can get 2 other tubes that don't need the 'gun'. One is a small tube that resembles something like a big tooth paste tube, the other is more like a big sausage that comes with a metal 'key' that you use to wind at one end forcing the sikaflex out the other (just type 'Sikaflex tube' on Ebay and you will see) When the nose cones were turned, they had a lip of about 2'' that slotted inside the pvc tubes and these were covered in the sikaflex forming a watertight seal both ends. I also used sikaflex over any bolts/screws going into the main pontoons/floats.

@courtneyb6154

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for explaining! So the sikaflex was simply used as a sealant for joints and other places that may leak. I thought that it was what you used to coat the entire float. What did you use to make them black? Marine paint?

@rick928

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, the sikaflex was only used as a sealant. The only parts I had to paint were the nose cones as everything else was black pvc tubing. Any good quality paint (more layers the better) will do.

I have a small "sit in" angler type kayak that I use for fishing, but find it hard to move around and "get to" all of my equipment while on the water. After checking out a few aftermarket pontoon/outrigger systems for kayaks, I decided to make a set for myself seeing as the offerings were a bit... flimsy looking. I have been "researching" on the internet, and KZread in particular, for some time now and I have to tell you, your design and the engineering you put into this project is really impressive. I appreciate that you went into detail, especially with how you bent the PVC to conform to the curve of your kayak (filling them with sand is genius... or should I say "brilliant")... Thank you. I will be using most of your tips for my own design... however I might be "upgrading" the diameter of the pontoons for an increase in buoyancy and stability. My kayak is a 10 foot model and as I stated earlier is a "sit in" design, space, and my position in the kayak is very... limited. My intention is to increase stability so that I can raise the center of gravity, adding a slightly raised seating area for ease of motion and bit of mobility while fishing. Wish me luck! And thanks again for all of the incredible ideas. Mike from Minnesota, USA

@rick928

4 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for your feedback. Look forward to seeing your finished project!

Very nice! Thinking about using your design, looks much sturdier than others I've seen.

Fantastic , thanks for sharing .. I need something like this to help with the extra weight on my trolling motor. Will give it a try.

Great design!

NICE work! Built like a battle tank but yet lightweight and corrosion resistant!

Very clever ideas well presented, best of all no irritating background crap that some confuse for music! Cheers

Very nice work!

These are great! You put a lot of good thinking into them and they're aesthetic too. I'm going to use some of your ideas. I've been making mine out of 4 inch drainage PVC -- I'd like to use larger but couldn't find it locally. I got the idea from the RebelCat guy on KZread. It works great though, very tough and light. I wound up hanging my PVC tubes on clothes line, putting a long piece of rebar inside with weights on each end and heating the tubes with a heat gun to give them more of an old "submarine hull" shape (because I use mine for sailing canoes and kayaks) and then heating the ends and pulling them shut into a wedge and sealing the ends with 3M 5200 Marine Sealant. I need to find a better way to seal them because they eventually leak, but I put 3 inch pool noodles in them so they can't lose too much of their bouyancy. You can see the results in some of my videos. I'm going to try building foamie outriggers next, after reading about people building kayaks and sailboats with insulating foam panels. Thanks for sharing!

Outstanding, you need to sell them as us older folks spend as much time swimming as kayaking.

@rick928

4 жыл бұрын

I also quality as 'older folks' and after spending time in the water, I decided to make these outrigger's

Great job thank you - I believe you did an amazing job. Thank you for all the details

Nice job! Thanks for sharing!

Looks great Mate!!!

Beautiful work! They sell products that are of inferior manufacture here in the states. Thank you!

Brilliant job 💯

Very cool! If you do this again try using crutches/walkers for the angles. Strong and won't rust. Spring loaded pins you can adjust the length you need. I did this with a short paddle I needed to make longer.

@zhrob1

11 ай бұрын

I like to see what you mean by using crutches?

Absolutely brilliant...

Smart! Well done.

Nice job, friend!

Nice job , thanks for sharing 👍🏻

WOW. I am absolutely amazed at how perfect these are! I’d buy them in a heartbeat if they were mass produced. Sadly I don’t have the skills to even contemplate attempting anything like your fantastic design!

@tedsell1455

5 жыл бұрын

The Fishing Family probably easier than you think ,just have a plan 🐟

Fantastic, well thought out!

@rick928

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir

I got to say . Your outriggers are the best i have ever seen. Great job old man! Or young man,im old too. Very impressive. Just have to say. Im going out on lake superior in late september. your idea is great!. Mine wont be the the same. But the same.. Thank you!

Nice work! Great idea! Thanks

I like your work, greetings

Well done brother!

@Bebeto-bw4bf

6 жыл бұрын

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Great job and great video!

Very nice. Thank you for sharing

That is awesome...great job

Nice job ...well done - thanks 👍

Excellent job

@thedirtyknobs

5 жыл бұрын

What do they weigh?

@rick928

5 жыл бұрын

Each leg weighs 8 lbs

The best on youtube, I'll be making a set for my hobie outback. I think I'll hinge the connect points though. Great job!

@rick928

5 жыл бұрын

Love to see the finished product!

Aloha, excellent vid! Mahalo 4 the great info.

Very nice !!

Dude!! You could make a fortune with this. Hell, I’d pay $200+ for this!

Well done!

Damn dude you can take on the Bermuda waves with that super advance technology

Good job gives me an idea to make my own as well.

Great job, cheers for sharing, peace

Brilliant engineering and very nice craftsmanship. Would have loved to see the construction.

Bloody Good job . Good fishing to you

These outriggers look cool compared to others